The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton: Conversation Starters

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The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton: Conversation Starters

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton is a gripping historical fiction riddled with mystery, crime, and romance. The book is set in 1935 Key West, a Florida paradise during the Great Depression and site of Henry Flagler’s legendary Overseas Railroad. It follows the story of three women from different walks of life who find themselves in Key West on Labor Day Weekend. This puts them days before the Atlantic’s strongest hurricane in history throws the paradise into disarray.
Local waitress Helen Berner is nine months pregnant and is looking for a way out of her abusive marriage. Mirta Perez, recently wed to a notorious American businessman, arrives in Key West for her honeymoon. She eventually draws closer not only to her husband but also to the danger surrounding him. Elizabeth Preston, a New York elite whose family suffered in the Wall Street Crash, travels to Key West on a mission. She needs to find her war veteran brother and escape her impending marriage. These three women's fates eventually intertwine and are forever changed by the hurricane that threatens their lives.
The Last Train to Key West is among Bustle’s Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020. It garnered praises from Woman’s World and Publisher’s Weekly and bestselling authors Kate Quinn and Natasha Lester, among others. 

A Brief Look Inside:

EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:

• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Nov 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9791220226615

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Introducing The Last Train to Key West

Chanel Cleeton’s The Last Train to Key West is an enthralling mix of history, mystery, and romance told through the perspective of three women: Helen Berner, Mirta Perez, and Elizabeth Preston. Their complicated lives diverge in 1935 Key West on Labor Weekend, which puts them days away from one of the most devastating hurricanes in Atlantic history.

Key West begins with Helen Berner’s narrative. She’s a local waitress at Ruby’s Café and soon-to-be mother. Her nine-year marriage to Tom, an alcoholic fisherman, has turned sour. She married him at the tender age of sixteen with prospects of a good life, but now broken dreams are the least of her problems. The next time he lays a hand on her, it may be her and her baby’s lives she’d lose, just as she lost that of her past, unborn babies. Hope comes in the form of a forlorn war veteran and café regular John, who rescues her one night from criminals. Still, her fortune is uncertain. Tom has become more violent as the economic turmoil worsens. In his temporary absence from Key West, Helen looks for a way out once and for